Bayshort Revitalization Efforts Underway

Since fall of 1998, the City has
undertaken a major effort to adopt a new redevelopment
project area in the Bayshore neighborhood of Daly
City. Redevelopment is a tool that enables local
jurisdictions to promote economic and physical revitalization
of particular neighborhoods of a city.

Boundaries
of Proposed Bayshore Redevelopment Project

The
Bayshore Revitalization Committee comprised of
Councilmembers Carol L. Klatt and Michael P. Guingona
have worked closely with City staff and a Citizens
Advisory Committee (CAC) comprised of approximately
25 Bayshore residents and businesses, to determine
Bayshore redevelopment goals and identify specific
priority projects that will facilitate the attainment
of these goals. The draft redevelopment plan for
the Bayshore includes the following major goals:

Elimination
of economic blighting conditions including depressed
property values, high vacancy rates, and the
lack of necessary public and commercial facilities
normally found in neighborhoods, such as banks,
post-offices, grocery and drug stores

Elimination
of physical blighting conditions

Rehabilitation
of buildings that are in major disrepair, and
remediation of critical structural deficiencies
in residential and commercial structures

Development
which will reduce incidents of crime, panhandling
and vandalism in the area

Encouraging
reinvestment in the neighborhood, and creating
opportunities for residents to actively participate
in all redevelopment/revitalization efforts

The
expansion, improvement and preservation of the
supply of housing available to low and moderate
income persons and families.

The
Draft Report to Council for the Bayshore Redevelopment
Project was approved by the Redevelopment Agency
on April 26, 1999 and includes extensive information
on the proposed project including

A
description of the project area;

An
evaluation of existing conditions in the project
area;

A
description of the proposed redevelopment
program, including an overview of proposed
activities and their associated costs; and

An
analysis of the proposed projects overall
financial feasibility.

The
Report to Council also includes an implementation
that identifies specific redevelopment activities
and their associated costs during the first five
years of the project.

A
Joint Public Hearing on the Proposed Redevelopment
Plan for the Bayshore Redevelopment Project will
be held on June 14, 1999 at 7:00 P.M. in the City
Council Chambers located at 333  90th
Street, Daly City. The Public Hearing is intended
to provide the public with the opportunity to
express their views for and against the proposed
redevelopment project.

Copies
of the Draft Redevelopment Plan and Report to
Council are available for review at City Hall.

Questions
on the proposed redevelopment project, associated
documents and the public hearing may be directed
to Betsy ZoBell, Housing and Community Development
Supervisor, 650-991-8255.

When Bayshore residents talk of the winds of change
blowing through the neighborhood, chances are
they arent referring to the breezy draughts
known to gust through the area!

On
April 10th, a full-day design workshop
or "charrette" was organized in the Bayshore
neighborhood to seek community input on the revitalization
process. The workshop, jointly hosted by Daly
City and the San Mateo Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, was attended by more
than a hundred individuals, including architects
and other design professionals, elected officials,
Bayshore residents and local business owners.

A
number of novel proposals, ranging from conceptual
planning schemes to more concrete development
proposals, emerged from this intensive all-day
exercise. Among the ideas presented were suggestions
for the imaginative treatment of commercial facades
along Geneva Avenue, hosting a Farmers Market
in the Bayshore, and encouraging alternate uses
for vacant commercial properties. Other proposals
included various landscaping and street improvement
options for Geneva Avenue and the reconfiguration
of this arterial to fully capitalize on its proposed
connection with Interstate 101.